717-632-4900
Wellspan Crisis Intervention: 717-851-5320
Contact Information:
Joel Richie (York/Adams)
Mental Health Program Specialist
100 W. Market St., 3rd floor
York, PA 17401
Phone: 717-771-9618
County Suicide Prevention Task Force: yes
The York County Suicide Prevention Coalition addresses suicide prevention for both youth and adults, and provides suicide survivor support groups for adults and teens with trained facilitators.
Chairperson: Cindy Richard, 717-227-0048; fax: 717-227-9084
Web site: none
County Suicide Prevention Resources:
Parent education
Substance abuse prevention
County Screening for Suicide Prevention:
Student Assistance Program (screening by mental health liaisons)
County Mental Health Resources:
*Inpatient psychiatric unit: York Hospital
*Outpatient mental health services for youth at risk for suicide: Pennsylvania Counseling Services, Wellspan Behavioral Health, Pennsylvania Comprehensive Behavioral Health, T. W. Ponessa Associates, Adams-Hanover Counseling Services/Crisis Intervention and Emergency Services, Catholic Charities
*School-based mental health services: Pennsylvania Counseling Services, T. W. Ponessa Associates, Pressley Ridge; Holy Spirit Hospital
The Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Initiative is a Public/Private Ongoing Collaborative including: Survivors of Suicide, Statewide & Regional Representatives from Departments of Public Welfare, Health, Education, and Aging, Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission, County MH/MR Administrators Association and several county programs, County CASSP Coordinators, American Trauma Society, The STAR Center, PA Child Death Review Team, PA Protection and Advocacy, PA Psychiatric Society, PA Association of School Social Workers, NAMI of PA, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Mental Health Association of PA, PIN of PA, PA Del Val NAPNAP, a County Medical Examiner, a City Health Bureau, a State University, a Behavioral Health MCO, Common Roads, Juvenile Detention Center Association of PA, Pennsylvania Community Providers Association, Pennsylvania Council on Children, Youth, and Family Services, Providers and Student Assistance Program Trainers, School Districts, Yellow Ribbon Chapters, Feeling Blue Suicide Prevention Council, multiple county task forces and other grassroots organizations.
